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Depression,PTSD and BC
Hi all, this forum has been invaluable to me since my diagnosis on May 26 this year. Had lumpectomy ,left breast,including loss of nipple, clear margins, nodes all clear. Yay! Stage 1, grade 3.About t...
And this is why they say our mental health system needs work.
I think I’ve been fortunate. My onc has a psych as a part of his team and my gp wrote my mental health plan asap once I asked for it to be done. That said my gp has had me in major tears so had already offered a psych appt to me previously with the psych in her practice. I did giggle at the last question I was asked in that assessment about suicide - my answer was things are bad but not that bad.
Ive managed 2 sessions with the psych and she has given me some great strategies for dealing with a few things and recorded a relaxation exercise to my phone which when I was up in the middle of last night I used and it got me back to sleep
I think I’ve been fortunate. My onc has a psych as a part of his team and my gp wrote my mental health plan asap once I asked for it to be done. That said my gp has had me in major tears so had already offered a psych appt to me previously with the psych in her practice. I did giggle at the last question I was asked in that assessment about suicide - my answer was things are bad but not that bad.
Ive managed 2 sessions with the psych and she has given me some great strategies for dealing with a few things and recorded a relaxation exercise to my phone which when I was up in the middle of last night I used and it got me back to sleep